Joan of Valois, Duchess of Alençon
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Joan of Valois | |
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Duchess of Alençon Countess of Perche | |
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Born | Blois | September 13, 1409
Died | May 19, 1432 Angers | (aged 22)
Spouse | |
House | Valois |
Father | Charles, Duke of Orléans |
Mother | Isabella of Valois |
Joan of Valois (13 September 1409, in Blois – 19 May 1432, in Angers) was the only surviving child of Charles, Duke of Orléans, and Isabella of Valois. She held the title Duchess of Alençon when married to John II of Alençon.
Family[]
Joan's mother Isabella had previously been the queen-consort of Richard II of England, a childless marriage. When Richard II died in prison, Isabella married Joan's eventual father Charles in 1406, at the ages of 16 and 11, respectively. Three years later, Isabella died while giving birth to Joan. Because of this, Joan had no full siblings, and it was not until her father's third marriage that her half siblings would be born, 25 years after her death: Marie d'Orleans, Louis XII of France and Anne d'Orleans.
Marriage and death[]
In 1424 at Blois, Joan married John II of Alençon, the son of John I of Alençon and Marie of Brittany, Lady of La Guerche, but they remained childless. She died in 1432, leaving him free to later marry Marie of Armagnac. Her cause of death is unknown.
Ancestry[]
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References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Anselm de Gibours (1726). Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France [Genealogical and chronological history of the royal house of France] (in French). 1 (3rd ed.). Paris: La compagnie des libraires. pp. 205–208.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Anselm de Gibours, Histoire généalogique, pp. 111–114
- ^ Jump up to: a b Anselm de Gibours, Histoire généalogique, pp. 109–110
- 1409 births
- 1432 deaths
- House of Valois-Orléans
- House of Valois-Alençon
- People from Blois
- Duchesses of Alençon
- French nobility stubs